Printer s composing-stick



W. H. GOLDING. PRINTERS comrosnw STICK.

(NoModeL) No. 571,899. Patented Nov. 24, 1896'.-

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UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

\VILLIAIWI I'I. GOLDING, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PRINTERS COMPOSlNG-STICK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 571,899, dated November24, 1896.

Application filed February 8, 1894. Serial No. 499,480. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that IJVILLIAM H. GOLDING, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Printers Composing-Sticks, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of the invention to provide improvements whereby theaction of the inclined screw in the clamp may not operate to raise theclamp or twist it out of proper position in the act of setting thestick.

It is also the object of the invention to provide the outer end of theadjustable side bar with means whereby it may be held firmly in placeexactly parallel with the cooperating side bar at the end of the stickand at aright angle with the rear wall.

To these ends the invention consists of the novel features and deviceshereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawings, and to the lettersmarked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same lettersdesignating the same parts or features, as the case may be, whereverthey occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedcomposing-stick. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an endview showing the position of the stick when placed on a flat surface.Fig. 4is a sectional detail view taken through the clamp, the bottom ofthe stick, and the outer end of the adj ustable cross-bar.

In the drawings, a designates the bottom of the stick.

b is the stationary side bar on the end of the stick.

0 is the rear wall.

cl is the adjustable side bar, and e is its base or knee, resting on thebottom and against the rear wall 0.

f is the clamp, provided with the clampingscrew 9, whereby the base orknee 6 is secured in place.

In order to insure the clamp being placed in proper position and heldagainst displacement, I provide the base in its upper side with a pin h,which projects into a hole formed in the under side of the upper part ofthe clamp, or I may arrange the pin in the clamp and provide the upperside of the base with a hole for its reception, as will be readilyunderstood by an inspection of Fig. 4.

The clamping-screw g is tapped through an inwardly-inclined lug 11 ofthe clamp f, and the side of its conical end is made to impinge or bearagainst the outer face of a lip j, depending from the clamp and incontact with the base or knee 6, so that by turning the clamping-screwhome against the lip the latter may be moved in a rectilineal lineagainst the base to clamp it firmly in position on the rear wall withoutliability of raising or twisting it out of place, the movement of saidlip being transverse to the line of the base or knee.

The bottom of the stick, near its forward edge, is provided with a rowof holes is, arranged at intervals corresponding with ems of pica type,or it may be in accordance with points or ems of other sizes of type,and a pin Zin the forward end of the adjustable side bar is adapted tobe placed in any one of the said holes, so that the stick may be set toany desired gage of pica or other type without employing quads for itsadjustment.

Besides the foregoing-described function the pin Z and holes it serve tohold the outer end of the adjustable side bar in place, so that it maynot be sprung out of parallel position with the stationary end bar.

The forward edge of the bottom of the stick is curved so as to form adepending flange m, which enables the stick to be placed upon a fiatsurface, as upon a make-up stone or the like, and maintain it in aninclined position, as is shown in Fig. 3, so that any type which mayhappen to be set therein will not fall into pi.

It is to be noted that all of the improvements described, while ofexceedingly simple character, are of Very considerable importance inpoints of advantage and usefulness.

I am aware of the fact that composing-sticks have been provided withclamps pivoted by a pin to the side of the base, and I do not claim sucha construction as of my invention.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forthall of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use,it is declared that what is claimed is 1. A printers composing-stickcomprising in its construction an adjustable side bar and its base; aclamping means having a positively-engaging screw for clamping the baseto the rear Wall of the stick, said clamping means being movable inrectilineal lines transverse to the longitudinal lines of the base andbeing provided with an aperture, and a pin supplemental to the clampingmeans mounted in the top of the base and extending vertically into thesaid aperture, substantially as set forth.

2. A printers composing-stick comprising in its construction anadjustable side bar and its base, a clamp for clamping the latter to twosubscribing Witnesses, this 12th day of January A. D. 1894.

XVILLIAM II. GOLDIN G. XVitnesses:

ARTHUR W. CRossLEY, A. D. HARRISON.

